Battery-electric cars took 32% of the UK’s new car market in October, while petrol cars fell to just 37.2%, according to new data from the SMMT. That’s the closest the two have been.
At the current pace, electric cars will outsell petrol in the UK within a year. And it could happen as soon as this December.
The UK registered 152,730 new cars in October, up 5.4% year-over-year and the 11th straight month of growth for the overall market.
All of that growth came from plug-ins. BEV registrations jumped 32.7% to 48,858 units, and plug-in hybrids rose 30.1% to 22,898. Meanwhile, petrol fell 11.6% to 56,876 units, diesel dropped 15.9%, and even conventional hybrids were down 5%.
